Palace Museum halts cosmetic production after complaints

Beijing's Palace Museum suspended production of cosmetics including lipsticks, eye shadow and rouge on Saturday, citing quality concerns following their release on the Taobao e-marketplace on Dec 11.

The museum's Taobao store said on its micro blog that feedback showed the lipstick was not smooth enough, and the color could be improved. The eye shadow's particles were insufficiently fine, and the light blue rouge was impractical.

The store said it will continue to work on the products and roll out better ones.